@school Parent Portal

Child Specific Information

Attendance

Pastoral Care

Behavioral incidences and any special programmes recorded in the eTAP registers Sick bay incidences

Assessment Information

Assessment results stored in eTAP

School Reports

Any customised report created by eTAP (eg National Standards report) can be easily uploaded for parents to view.

Basic Student Information

Permissions granted by the parent General demographic and contact information – including child photo Caregiver and other relationship information Medical details Other school-specific fields stored in eTAP

Accounts information

The current statement for the student (provided the school is using eTAP for billing students)

Communication

Teacher messages

Attach documents to messages – any documents created in the school that would normally go home to parents in the school-bag can be uploaded quickly and easily to the parent portal.

Teacher comments

Add messages/comments for the class, one student or any number of students.

Add links to other online information

Classroom blogs Links to useful sites – eg sites with information parents can use to help their child’s learning.

Homework

Upload homework as documents, hyperlinks or simple instructions/comments and assign a due date. The homework will show in the calendar for parents to view.

Start a conversation with a parent

Start a conversation with a specific parent. This works a bit like a forum thread for the parent to respond to. If a parent responds the teacher gets an email so they can easily stay on top of feedback.

Schoolwide information

School newsletter

If you create a school newsletter you can easily upload this for parents to view and print.

Other documents

Upload any important school or classroom documents – eg school policies.

School events and news items

Create important news messages and school events. All events will appear in the calendar for parents to view

Simple web-pages about the school in a special section called ‘About Us’

Cut and paste information you already have into simple web-pages eg links to the school ERO report, information about becoming a Board of Trustee Member etc

Dashboard

Parent Portal Dashboard screen

Designed for the caregiver who hasn’t logged into the parent portal for a while. On one screen they can see the latest additions to their child’s site. Clicking on any of the titles or placements in the calendar (eg homework) brings up a new window presenting the notice or homework without having to leave the dashboard screen.